Argonaut (submarine)

Argonaut (submarine)

The Argonaut was a class of submarines built by engineer Simon Lake. When used without clarification generally refers to the second built and larger one launched in 1897 at Baltimore. She was convert|36|ft|m|sing=on long, cigar shaped and built of steel. She had a gas engine and propeller, dynamo, searchlight, and pumps for air and water. Her main attribute like that of the older sibling and predecessor Argonaut Junior (1894); was an air lock. The "Argonaut No 1", and "Argonaut No 2" are used as the name of this vessel. "Argonaut No 1" was built in 1897 and is convert|36|ft|m in length, "Argonaut No 2" was a reconstruction of "Argonaut No 1" finishing in 1900 with a length of convert|60|ft|m and significantly different profile.cite web | title =Argonauts | work = | publisher =The Simon Lake Submarine Web Site | date =2003 | url =http://www.simonlake.com/html/argonauts.html | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008-01-28 ] .cite book | last =Corbin | first =Thomas W. Corbin | title =The Romance of Submarine Engineering: Containing Interesting | publisher =Seeley, Service & co., ltd. | date =1913 | location =Original from the New York Public Library | pages =Page 109 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=xGAJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA109&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA109,M1 | doi = | id = ] cite book | last =Herbert C. Fyfe, Edward James Reed | title =Submarine Warfare, Past and Present | publisher =E.G. Richards | date =1907 | location =Original from the University of California | pages =Page 288 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=mJxDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA288,M1 | doi = | id = ]

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*http://www.simonlake.com/html/argonauts.html


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